Business & Finance

Department Services - Business Department

The Gila Bend District Business Department manages the business operations of the district. Some of our services include purchasing, payroll, budget management, and transportation. We are dedicated to providing good customer service to the schools by making sure we meet our district fiscal responsibilities by managing the district budget in such a way as to make the best use of our educational funds.


Meet Our Business & Finance Staff:

Sherry Wallace

Director of Business & Finance

sherryw@gbusd.org

Manuela Fernandez 

Finance Specialist

manuelaf@gbusd.org

Please send invoices to: accountspayable@gbusd.org

Yesenia Celaya 

Payroll Specialist

For Employment Verifications send an email to YeseniaC@gbusd.org

Purchasing
The Purchasing staff of the Gila Bend Unified School District (GBUSD) is interested in locating outstanding vendors with quality products.  GBUSD is a member of the SAVE Co-operative and the Arizona State Procurement Office (State Contract). If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us, via e-mail or phone.

At Gila Bend School District we make every effort to help vendors obtain the information they need to respond to our Requests for Proposals (RFPs).

We will help vendors stay informed by posting current RFPs at the right of this page as they become available and we encourage interested vendors to check back frequently for open RFPs. 

Annual Financial Report
The Annual Financial Report (AFR) is a report of expenditures made and revenues received for the School Year beginning July 1st and ending June 30th of the following year. The report is put together by our Business Department and approved by the Governing Board. You are welcome to view it on the Arizona Department of Education website's School Finance page.

Proposed Budget
Please feel free to visit the Arizona Department of Education's 
website for information on the 2024-2025 proposed budget. You will find the meeting notification for the budget adoption there as well.

Budget Revision
Please feel free to visit the Arizona Department of Education's 
website for information on the 2024-2025 revised budget. You will find the meeting notification for the budget revision there as well.

Average Teacher Salaries

In accordance with A.R.S. §15-903(E), as amended by Laws 2018, Ch. 285, §10, a district’s budget must include a prominent display of the average salary of all teachers employed by the district for the budget and prior years, and the increase in the average salary of all teachers employed by the district for the budget year reported in dollars and percentage.

Gila Bend's average teacher salary for FY24 and FY25 is below.

Average Salary of All Teachers Employed in FY2025 (budget year)

$54,500

Average Salary of All Teachers Employed in FY2024 (prior year)

$53,500

Increase in Average Teacher Salary from the Prior Year

$1,000

Percentage Increase

2%

Average Salary of all Teachers Employed in FY 2022

$50,626

Auditor General’s Report

View Gila Bend’s most recent classroom spending report provided by the Arizona Auditor General’s office.